AAI (estd in 1977 by Dr. B.K.Basu) has been approaching central government for recognition of acupuncture since 1984. First initiative was taken by Dr. Basu, founder of acupuncture in India, and President of AAI, Later, AAI took the initiative to organize a conjoint move by acupuncturists and organizations from all over India. Consequently NCC for recognition of acupuncture was formed in 2009 in Delhi. AAI is an integral part of NCC. Dr. Raman Kapur was made convener of NCC. In its first meeting a memorandum was handed over to Sri Dinesh Trivedi, Union Minister of State of Health who kindly graced the meeting at request of Dr. Raman Kapur. After that, central government health ministry directed ICMR to examine the matter. NCC had held several meetings with ICMR in last five years, and submitted supportive documents of more than five thousand pages. In March, 2017 Dr. Kapur had met Mr. J.P. Nadda, Union Health Minister and convinced him to recognize acupuncture as a system. Health Minister was convinced and tweeted in favour of recognition of acupuncture as independent system of medicine. As a result, an expert committee under the chairmanship of Dr. V.M. Katoch, ex-Director General of ICMR has been constituted by health ministry to look into the matter. Government notification was published calling applications from interested corners. On 4 October, 2017 presentations were made

ACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (AAI) Dear Members of AAI, The following announcement regarding 2017 World Conference on Acupuncture has been sent to us. Members who are interested to participate may make registration directly with intimation to General Secretary of AAI. All expenses are to be borne by the candidate. Dr. B. Bhattacharya, General Secretary, AAI The 9th General Assembly & 2017 World Conference on Acupuncture of WFAS Second Announcement Conference Information The 9th General Assembly of WFAS & 2017 World Acupuncture Congress of WFAS will be held from December 1 to 4, 2017 in Beijing, China. It is organized by World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS), China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS) and World Health Organization (WHO), co-organized by China Association for Acupuncture and Moxibustion (CAAM), Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. The theme of this conference is Acupuncture–World–Health. At this very special moment of the 30th anniversary of WFAS, we would like to present the world with the acupuncture academic achievements and the current development of acupuncture to enhance the communications and cooperations among international acupuncture organizations. A parallel session–World Congress of Acupuncture-Moxibustion on Health Care and Health Preservation will be held in Qujiang